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Title	Minnesota Historical Society Visual Resources Database
View collection at	http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/
Description	This large collection (126,000+ digital images) includes thousands of portraits of women and girls, as well as numerous relevant subcollections. Two small collections feature services that the Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis provided to young women and elderly residents (1915-1920). The National defense vocational training, (ca.1940) collection includes photos of women and men taking aptitude tests, training, and working in various occupations (e.g., sheet metal work). The Indian boarding school (ca. 1900) collection features teachers and Native American girls and boys at an unidentified school. The Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., (1919-1928) includes numerous photos of switchboard operators in Minneapolis.
Subject	American Red Cross Clothing and dress Girls Indians of North America Off-reservation boarding schools Telephone operators Women World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945
Subject Keyword	Native American girls; Native American women
Place	United States -- Minnesota
Time Period	1860-1879 1880-1899 1900-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959
Publisher	Minnesota Historical Society
Primary Sources	Photographs Posters

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